Beatrice La Rose Hodge was 48 when she was found dead in her Tulsa home on the evening of August 9, 1986. Known as Tree for her 5 feet 10 inches height, she worked 14 years for Public Service Company of Oklahoma and bowled in the Ladies All-Star league. Her mother’s daily phone call went unanswered that day, prompting the mother to ask a neighbor with a key to check the house at 603 E. 42nd Street North around 6:40 p.m.

The neighbor found Beatrice deceased; she had been dead more than 12 hours. Investigators reported pry marks on the back door consistent with forced entry and signs of a violent struggle. The medical findings listed blunt force trauma and asphyxiation, thought to be from strangulation or smothering. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Tulsa know Beatrice, her routines, or who might have had access to her home?